Tom Selleck - one of the nicest people I have ever met - celebrity or otherwise. We were living in Hawaii - my dad was in the Marine Corps and they needed some military extras in some of the episodes from Magnum PI (season 6, I believe), so he was helping out. My mom took us to pick him up from the set one day and we got to go in and watch part of the taping. Dad brought him over and introduced him to all of us. He gave me a signed photograph and then kissed me on the cheek (SWOON)! I was all of 8 years old and that was the most exciting moment of my life to that point.

He was even dreamier in person!! Later that same year, he attended an air show on the base where we were stationed. He recognized my dad, who was there as an officiant, and asked him if he could come over to where he was sitting and meet his parents. How many celebrities do you know who would be that personable?

Yeah - I joked with my dad years later that meeting him actually made my crush on him worse. I wouldn't have been such an ardent admirer if he had been the least bit of a jerk, but everything about him - the way he carried himself, the way he treated everyone around him - was just plain classy. The guy obviously didn't hold himself above anybody.

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"Submission to what people call their 'lot' is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another." - Elizabeth von Arnim

Aren't you all sick of my "I met Zach Quinto and he is a sweetheart" stories LOL He always stops to talk to people, is very appreciative of whatever he gets and suggested a good place for me to eat when I was hungry, he said it was one of his favorite places and I could get cheap and good food to eat My burger was only 4 bucks! My friend now asks me if I often go to "our" place :rolls: silly gal.

Christian Borle of Legally Blonde fame was covered in pizza when I met him and was very chatty and had pizza and stage makeup on him, he did not seem put off by it, and he approached me.. odd!

My old boss told me a story once when she was in NYC, it started raining and a man came up to her and said "get under my umbrella, you are going to get soaked" and walked her to the subway station. That man was Tom Hanks!

Recently I got to meet Sara Rameriez from Greys Anatomy. She performed in a concert and after all these people wanted pics and autographs, I had nothing like that, the camera on my phone was even broke and she turned to me while I was grabbing some water and I smiled at her, she smiled back and I said "I have nothin... but I wanted to tell you that I enjoyed the show so much, and it was a pleasure to see you perform" she gave me a big hug and we talked for a couple minutes about theatre and living in NYC, it was really sweet.

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"Life's like an hour glass glued to the table and no one can find the rewind button boy. So cradle your head in your hands and breathe"

Aren't you all sick of my "I met Zach Quinto and he is a sweetheart" stories LOL He always stops to talk to people, is very appreciative of whatever he gets and suggested a good place for me to eat when I was hungry, he said it was one of his favorite places and I could get cheap and good food to eat My burger was only 4 bucks! My friend now asks me if I often go to "our" place :rolls: silly gal.

I am sooo jealous! He is my fav actor, such a cutie. I'm glad to hear he's a nice guy!

Aren't you all sick of my "I met Zach Quinto and he is a sweetheart" stories LOL He always stops to talk to people, is very appreciative of whatever he gets and suggested a good place for me to eat when I was hungry, he said it was one of his favorite places and I could get cheap and good food to eat My burger was only 4 bucks! My friend now asks me if I often go to "our" place :rolls: silly gal.

I'll never get sick of hearing a Zach Quinto is gorgeous, nice and knows where to get a good hamburger story. The only 'celebrities' I ever see, and I use the word loosely, are Jim Corr and Tommy Tiernan, and I don't think I can use those descriptors for them lol

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“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”- Douglas Adams

good maybe I'll have one tonight if I get to see angels for my birthday today!!!

ETA- I did get to see Angels, and it was awesome. I also thought of Ehell too, because everyone was very polite in the line to wait for tickets.. I have encountered some nastiness when trying to get into seeing a sold out show AND after the show I saw some of the cast and ONE of the gentleman removed his hat before giving me a hug and chatting with me, could have been a coincidence but it just seemed very EHell approved.

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"Life's like an hour glass glued to the table and no one can find the rewind button boy. So cradle your head in your hands and breathe"

This past Tuesday night, a few friends and I went to the Comedy Cellar in NYC and saw a number of comics including Godfrey and Judah Friedlander (from 30 Rock and a lot of movies). After the show we went upstairs to the connecting bar to have a few drinks and were pleasantly surprised to see all the comics hanging out. I mentioned I had never gotten anyone's autograph before and decided to go ask Judah Friedlander. I approached him, got the autograph, he asked me to buy his book and briefly introduced the people he was standing with "Cliff and John." Of course I recognized his friend John...John Mayer. I was slightly thrilled to randomly see John Mayer but didn't say anything besides "Hi" since he was clearly just hanging out, probably not looking to be bothered.

My uncle was a deputy sheriff and was working an event that featured Ann-Margaret. He approached her and told her that he had served in Viet Nam and how much he appreciated her USO tours. She was so gracious and said that she always liked meeting "her gentlemen" from the service. She took a picture with him and gave him an autograph and they had a nice conversation about the USO show he had seen telling him funny stories about Bob Hope and some of the other performers.

My story is that I went to a Mandy Patinken concert with a friend who is a HUGE fan. We went to the stage door and eventually were let in backstage with about 15-20 other people who were waiting. Mandy talked to everyone, took pictures, signed autographs, and was generally charming. What a great experience!